CurtM14 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 I was wondering if NCS can help with these marks on my 1914D. It is currently in an ANACS case. Thank you in advance for your advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KaileeS CS Posted June 26, 2023 Administrator Share Posted June 26, 2023 Hello @CurtM14, thank you for contacting us. NCS Conservation will need to have your coin in hand to confirm if conservation may benefit your coin. However, you may visit our Coin Conservation | NCS web page to review defects that NCS may or may not be able to assist with. We hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any additional questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 As having just submitted a handful of coins to NCS for consideration and three out of four accepted, one was a merchant token from 1858-1860 with dark spots. NCS conserved this token, but I learned from the process once there is environmental damage to the surface such as is the case on your Lincoln Wheat Cent, conservation can "lessen" the severity of the spots but cannot remove them. Once the surface is compromised through environmental damage, it is permanent. Conservation also cannot restore red color to Lincoln cents that have turned RB or BN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Those look like fingerprints. I have a feeling that what Powermad said is correct. You may be able to change the appearance, but I doubt you can get rid of it entirely without severely altering the look and color of the coin. Anything that would completely remove the spots would almost certainly make the coin look unnatural and cleaned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtM14 Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Thank you for the feedback @powermad5000 & @Just Bob. I wonder who put that fingerprint on the coin. This coin has some beautiful details and I figured some of those marks are permanent. I want to make sure this does not spread any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 NCS conservation will stabilize the surface of the coin to prevent further spread of issues, so if that is what you are looking to do for the coin then by all means send it in to NCS. I was simply stating there are limitations on what conservation will achieve for the coin itself and for its appearance as sometimes people on the forums here think that conservation can magically remove all the problems a coin has. Not saying that was your intent in your original post, but I was just relaying some ground truth on NCS as I have sent a number of coins to them over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
